From what you’ve described it seems their main concern was you not getting pregnant.As to whether it was the best strategy, depends on their beliefs and what other options you and your boyfriend had.
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I was at the cricket and there were two guys sitting nearby. One threw something like a jaffa (solid choclate with a hard shell) into the crowd in front and hit someone. A dick move but unlikely to do any lasting damage. A security guard and then police officer got involved, said he threw a golf ball or something along those lines (similar but worse). He accurately said he didn't but got thrown out anyway.
His friend sat there for a few minutes then tried to start a Mexican wave. He didn't the first few tries but was determined and eventually got one going. I didn't realise until the wave had done a lap of the cricket ground, but during this time he had filled his hand with as much sunscreen as he could, then as it went past he splattered it all over the back of the security guards hair and back before disappearing into the crowd.
Most of the 40,000 people who took part in the Mexican wave had no idea what they were just a part of.
It has long been the case, that if you confuse a Canadian for an American they are offended, but if you confuse an American for a Canadian they don’t mind.
From what you’ve described it seems their main concern was you not getting pregnant.As to whether it was the best strategy, depends on their beliefs and what other options you and your boyfriend had.